Holmes Creek near where we are at Miller's Ferry
Yep we got here yesterday, Tuesday May 16th and I guess we will stay until the week-end before we head up the last 170+ miles to Valdosta and Home. We had thought about getting in some fishing in here with Cousins but the rain has changed that thought it has rained on and off since we got here and they promise more of the same right through the week-end so we will just settle for the good company and fellow ship
The back porch of Annette's house where we are visiting Inez's Sister and Brother-in-law Eldridge
We arrived at Inez’s Sister’s house yesterday 5-9-12 @ about 11:00Am and have gotten settled in for a few days stay. Put up the Cell phone Amp and the antenna for the TV yesterday afternoon and this morning so we have great TV and so so Internet. Had a big rain and Thunder storm in the afternoon after arriving so it put a damper on the setup operation until this morning.
This is where we are in the back yard of Inez's sister and Brother-in-laws house near Bonifay, Florida
We will keep you posted down the road.
Yes we left Baton Rouge KOA this morning at 7:58am and after three stops along the way we made fairly good time arriving at Rocky at 1:30PM. We will be here until Wednesday afternoon (5-9-2012) when we will move on along to Bonifay Florida where we will spend some time with Inez’s sister and visit friends and family in the area. before moving on to the as yet undecided stop before getting home.
Ok stay tune check back and we will keep you posted down the road
We left Katy Texas this am early but not bright as it was 4:00Am to get ahead of the Houston Rush sailed through Houston the fastest I think that I have ever made it and made three stops along the 5 hour trip 1 rest area 1 Fuel stop and 1 Breakfast stop.
Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou state park to visit with friends this is were we have work at the different times
We Made it to Baton Rouge La KOA campground at 10:00AM. We hope to depart here between 7 to 8 Am tomorrow and with Gods help be at Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville Florida in the afternoon.
We will keep you updated down the Road
Yep it all went to fast the last few days they had all three wells working with the Tank farms under construction. The welding crews the fence crews and electrical crews installing the Solar Panels and wiring. Made for a busy last few days.
We Left the gate yesterday at 11:16 am, Roger our Gate Guard Services LLC was as good as his word he had us a replacement at the gate at 10:15 and it took me a while to finish up withe disconnect, Give the relief a tour of the Pads so he could tell people where stuff was while Inez was watching the gate. Though the garbage in one of the trash wagons. When we arrived back at the gate the Land owner showed up to tell us by that took a while and we finally got on the road at 11:16.
This is where we will rest up at for the next 2 days while they do warrenty work on the RV
We arrived at Holiday World in Katy Texas at 4:20PM checked in to there Camp ground and this morning the Service Person Ricky wrote up the work order for the work they will do on the Rv and we checked in to the Katy Motel 6 for the next couple of days.
We will try to keep you posted AS
Yes we have one more week to go and we will start our trip back to Georgia for a short break, Lord willing we should be back out this way for some more Gate Guarding on or about Nov 1, 2012. We are going from here to Katy Texas for the RV folks to take care of some warranty work then its onward with a couple of stops along the way to Georgia. We will keep you posted if we have internet service at our stops.
For the news here at the Schwope they managed to get all 3 wells Fraced and installed some kind of packer on each well then ran a work over Rig on each
Welding up the pipe and fittings to hook up the tank farm to the Oil well.
and now they are Still working on getting the pipes and equipment set up for the tank farms on each pad.
Our little buddy Oscar
Bear getting warm on our latest cold snap 46 degrees..Brrr
The Flowers are starting to welt back now that we haven’t had any rain for a while and we even had a visit from a road runner today. we still miss our Oscar that we had at a gate last Spring and Summer.
We will try to update again right before setting up on the road again.
So take care and we will see ya up the Road
And the sand Trucks keep on comiing
Yes it has been rather busy here on the Schwope for some time now of the three drilled wells that we have on the ranch. The Frac Company has completed the Frac on 2 of them and at present they are working on the last one. Say they should be completed the first of next week.
Tanks arrive for Tank farm that will receive the oil when the flow starts
We have also received and they have set up the tanks on one of the pads for the oil to flow into when they start that process. Which they tell us is in the very near future. The welding crew was in today to start the process of welding the pipes up to the tanks but was put on hold for some reason and stated they did not know when they will return. Something to do with the completion of the coil Tubing crew.
Look like they grew several inches after the rain
We had another 3″ and all the dust gave up to the Mud however the flowers seemed to like it and looks as tho they grew another 3 to 4 inches from the water. We are trying to collect some of the wild flower seeds to see if they will grow in Georgia when we go home.
We have Butterfly’s every where now since the last rain the Land Owner said that they migrate through here every year There are several different colors of them
We just lost the ability to upload pictures so I will try again later.
Until then See Ya.
Sand Trucks going out final time for this well
Wow how time fly’s out here on the gate when you are super busy. The Frac sand trucks rolled out for the finish of the first well. Now they go with the task of rigging down and moving to well # 2 and rigging back up again looks like now the frac for well 2 should begin on or about the 21st of the month. They take most of the Big pumps back to the shop and bring in new ones for the next well So I guess that we will be getting
Yep off they go into the dust,Or as a Gate guard friend said another-one bite the DUST
them back today or tomorrow that’s 15 or 20 vehicles.
I guess that is the it for now Stop back we will try to enlighten you.
The break for a few days will be good to though as Inez got to take the Puppies to Carrizo Springs this morning for there grooming. I know they will be happy to get rid of some of that hair with this warm weather. We had a loud 
storm last night but it did not deliver much water in fact the dust is already blowing around with the high winds that we have today.
Bear getting ready for the groomer
Gizmo,Says yeah me to I wanta go
Big Bull Dozer Stationed at gate to pull heavy trucks out of mud holes
We got the Frac Rig and crew in. It took some doing as we had almost 2 inches of rain right before their arrival and they had to Station a Big Dozier up by the gates to pull some of them out of the mud holes on the way into the Ranch. They have gotten set up and the sand and Vacuum trucks have stared there Routine.
Here comes the frac Equipment
So looks like the McKnight’s are going to be busy for a while. But that’s the
way they like it makes time go by faster.
Wow Muddy road HUh
Wow hot today 94
Yes it is The Temperature Has made it to 94 degrees at the front of our 5er,That is the probe that I have hanging off the Emergency cable to the hookup. When I push the outside temp on the thermostat inside the RV it gives me a reading of 101 Degrees and I do not know where that sensor is located. I would guess in the direct sunlight. And we have a 30percent chance of rain this afternoon and 50
We got 9 loads of pipe to do the first frac and that is the closet well ot the Frac Pond
tonight.
Well we had the Frac Leader show up bright and early this morning and a short time after that the Frac tanks started flowing in, since 9:30 this morning we have received 13 Frac tanks and 3 more loads of water lines. We got in 7 loads of water lines yesterday.
We have a Pads and roads work over crew in this week reworking same. They
Water-truck wetting down our area and road
have a water truck wetting down the roads, then comes the roller, then the blade. (we used to always call them a Motor Grader) But here in Texas they are blades. I told the water truck driver that it would not hurt any-ones feelings if he got the area around us really wet as they are bringing in the frac crew this week-end and shortly after that we will have all the sand trucks in and out daily won’t take long for it to get good an dusty.
